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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author asserts in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” “When husbands work fifty or more hours per week, wives with children are” what percent “more likely to quit their jobs than wives with children whose husbands work less”?
(a) 56%.
(b) 44%.
(c) 90%.
(d) 20%.

2. According to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” what percentage of mothers whose husband’s earnings landed in the middle percentiles were out of the labor force in 2006?
(a) 90%.
(b) 56%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 43%.

3. What comic autobiography does the author cite by Tina Fey in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?
(a) Bossypants.
(b) Where in the World.
(c) Just Class.
(d) Superwoman.

4. When was Women@Google founded by Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Wojcicki, and Marissa Mayer?
(a) 2006.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2004.

5. The author states in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave,” that a “survey of the Princeton class of 1975 found that 54 percent of the women foresaw work-family conflict compared to 26 percent of the men. The same survey of the Princeton class of 2006 found that” what percentage of the women anticipated work-family conflict?
(a) 20%.
(b) 90%.
(c) 62%.
(d) 45%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the secretary of the Treasury when Sheryl Sandberg began working there in 1996?

2. Who is the former secretary of state that is cited in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality” for having said, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women”?

3. Whom does the author describe that Facebook was recruiting for its business development team in 2009, in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

4. For how many years does Sheryl Sandberg say her mother taught full-time after raising her children in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

5. In a 2007 study of well-educated professional women who had left the paid workforce, what percentage cited their husbands as a critical factor in their decision, according to the author in Chapter 8: “Make Your Partner a Real Partner”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the term “queen bee” in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

2. What is the first step to moving forward past gender bias in the workplace, according to the author in Chapter 11: “Working Together Toward Equality”?

3. Why does the author say that women dropping out of the workplace in anticipation of later conflicts is a problem today in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

4. How does the author describe Dr. Laurie Glimcher’s approach to balancing career and family in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

5. Who does the author praise for embracing emotion in the workplace in Chapter 6: “Seek and Speak Your Truth”?

6. Who is credited as approaching the gender gap well in his business dealings in Chapter 10: “Let’s Start Talking About It”?

7. What does the author suggest one should ask oneself of “having it all” in Chapter 9: “The Myth of Doing It All”?

8. What website and organization does the author promote in the Afterword: “Let’s Keep Talking”?

9. What anecdote does the author open with in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

10. How did Elise Scheck describe her experiences during pregnancy, according to the author in Chapter 7: “Don’t Leave Before You Leave”?

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